Jody R. Nathan
Member
Email: jodynathan@STAUFFERLAW.COM

Practice Areas: Insurance; Automobile Insurance; Automobile Insurance Coverage; Automobile Liability; Casualty Insurance; Commercial Insurance; Commercial Property Insurance; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Fire Insurance; Fire Loss; First and Third Party Insurance; General Liability; Indemnity; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Contracts; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Life and Health Insurance; Property Damage; Property Insurance; Property Insurance Coverage; Unfair Insurance Practices; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists; Professional Liability Defense; Professional Liability Insurance Coverage; Professional Malpractice; Professional Negligence.

Admitted: 1986, Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; Arkansas, 2007

Law School: University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1986

College: Reed College, B.A., 1979

Member: Oklahoma Bar Association (Member, Civil Procedure Committee, 1990-2005; Technology Committee, 2004; Chair, Member Services Committee, 2005; Chair, Law Office Management and Technology Committee, 2007); Tulsa County Bar Association; American Bar Association.

Biography: Oklahoma Bar Association Earl Sneed Award, 2004. Judicial Intern, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1983-1984. ABA and TIPS Vice Chair and Editor, Trial Techniques Committee Newsletter, 1990. Regional Editor, Covered Events, 1994-2002. Author: "Erisa Nuts and Bolts," 23 Fall Brief 61 (1993); "Obnoxious Deposition Tactics: A Concise Guide to the Oklahoma Discovery Code," 74 Oklahoma Bar Journal 1455 (2003); Contributing Author, "The Rippling Impact of Suicide," 77 Oklahoma Bar Journal 2265 (2006). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, University of Oklahoma Law Review, 1982-1986. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Wills and Contracts.

Reported Cases: State Farm Automobile Ins. Co. v. Hubbard, 763 P2d 720 (Okla. App. 1988); Roark v. Shelter Mutual Ins. Co., 731 P2d 389 (Okla. 1987); Neece v. IRS, 922 F2d 573 (10th Cir. 1990); Neece v. IRS, 41 P.3d 1396 (10th Cir. 1994); Neece v. IRS, 96 F.3d 460 (10th Cir. 1996); First Bank of Turley v. Fidelity & Deposit Inc. Co., 1996 OK 105, 928 P.2d 298; Kaye v. Ronson Consumer Products Corp., 1996 OK CIV APP 57, 921 P.2d 1300; Choate v. Champion Home Builders Co., 222 F.3d 788 (10th Cir. 2000); Osgood v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co, 848 F2d 141 (10th Cir. 1988); Tilton v. Richardson, 6 F.3d 683 (10th Cir. 1993) Lyons v. Tollie Freightways, 851 P.2d 549 (Okla. App. 1993); Weavel v. U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co., 848 P.2d 54 (Okla. App. 1993); Weavel v. U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co., 852 P.2d 783 (Okla. App. 1992); Elsken v. Network Multi-Family Sec. Corp., 838 P.2d 1007 (Okla. 1992); In Matter of Application of Bankoff (Juluis)(2 cases) Browning-Ferris, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of County of Wagoner, Board of Adjustment of Wagoner County, Williamson (David), Robson (Nick), Vestal (Jim), Wagoner County Citizens for a Clean Environment, 875 P.2d. 1138 (Okl. 1994); Aven v. Reeh, 878 p.2d 1069 (Okla. 1994); Elsken v. Network Multi-Family Sec. Corp., 49 F.3d 1470 (10th Cir. 1994); Mustain v. Grand River Dam Authority, 68 P.3d 991, 2003 OK 43 (Okla., Apr 22, 2003); Bishop v. Takata Corp., 12 P.3d 459, Prod.Liab.Rep. (CCH) P 15,903, 2000 OK 71; Gallagher v. Enid Regional Hosp., 910 P.2d 984, 1995 OK 137 (Okla., Dec 12, 1995); Exchange Bank v. Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, 29 F.Supp.2d 1272 (N.D.Okla., November 23, 1998); Millsap v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 368 F.3d 1246, Pens. Plan Guide (CCH) P 23988N, 32 Employee Benefits Cas. 2586 (C.A.10, May 21, 2004); Reed v. Landstar Ligon, Inc., 314 F.3d 447 (C.A.10 (Okla.), December 11, 2002); Worsham v. Nix, 145 P.3d 1055, 2006 OK 67; Bartlett v. Bartlett, 144 P.3d 173, 2006 OK CIV APP 112; Tillman v. Shofner, 90 P.3d 582, 2004 OK CIV APP 40; Max True Plastering Co. v. U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co., 912 P.2d 861, 1996 OK 28.

Born: Hugo, Oklahoma

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